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Ellie titanic Examiner Published by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited 16 Boyfield Street Barrie Ontario Robb PublisherGeneral Manager Walls Editor Emeritus DM Henshaw Managing Editor The Barrie Examiner Tuesday Decembcr21 1976 TaXpayers may wonder if elation justified Provincial politicans appear to be elated over the prospect of not hav ing to raise their share of income tax next year thanks to the decision Trudeaus government in offering to share of Prime Minister more of this tax But before taxpayers join in the elation it might be wise for them to wait and see next years budgets If the federal government has to pay out more revenues will have to be increased It is the taxpayers of course who bear the burdens of the constantly rising tax spending for politicians to talk about restraint but practising it It is one thing is something else again The added federal revenue no the province meet constantly increasing demands But Zsince the federal government also has been failing to meet budget re quirements without borrowing this can only mean even heavier tax burdens than the present record doubt will help high imposts At time when economists con the trend of the ieconomy have been calling for cut backs governments at the higher levels appear prepared to proceed on the same extravagant spending policies which have been piling up public debt at todays high interest rates without apparent thought to the inevitable repercussions cerned about The federal government spending for this fiscal year is said likely to reach $422 billion an increase of 16 per cent over the $365 billion spent during the last fiscal year which ended March 31 The revenue deficit in the operating account despite charges record taxation has been variously estimated at between $4 amd $5 billion which will add to the moun ting federal debt As for the province figures recently quoted for 1976 showed the net debt to have jumped to $49 billion on which taxpayers also will have to pay extensive carrying It has been argued with merit that substantial share of the monies iii cluded in the main estimates for 197677 are not being spent directly by federal departments or agencies but rather are redistributed in one form or another on social needs and various othe essential purposes The provincial government too cant gram of assistance field has undertaken an expanded pro social and general in an everincreasing But still the mounting tax burdens help but stir prehension Deficit financing piling up public debt and wasteful spen ding are not going to solve long term economic problems growing ap Canadians not only ones with homebuying woes JOHN ll lttgl lSl MINNEAPOLIS Al That nostalgic tune about me and my gal scttliiig down to lit tle home t1 or three tr four or more pales in the iacc of todays reality Take to instance whats happened to Jim and lartha two of the younger generation trying to set up own home in linneapiiz burb Those are fcttiois EtzlllUS but Jim and Marh or real in todays buying mar ltttltlt to he act of mar disqualitzrd tl ze would have ti leijding 1Ttll saj wl gzian IS and shes 19 and their lIl conic totals 52c om Shell prob ably want to have baby and they could losther income tut the goveiniriciz they shall be considered equal and we consder them that way Evans notes that more than halt of those apply ing for niort gage money today are couples sti where both spouses are wage earners Heres the situation lacing Llir Earrir txaiiiiiirr 16 Bayficld Street Barrie Ontario Telephone 72645357 Registration Number out Second liiss Mail lteturnpostageguaranteed Daily Sundays and Statutory Holidays cxccted Subscription rates daily by carrier 85 cents weekly $44 30 yearly Single copies 13 cents By Mail Barrie S1120 yearly Simcoc ouiity Wino yearly Motor Throw Oil $1159 00 yearly Balance of taiiada Slit on year National Aflitlllwlllll Oiiiccs 65 Queen St West loroiito 86417 tiiii titliriii St Mtuitreal Meiiihci oi the taiiadiaii Press and iudit Iiiiciii oi ii culutions lhi fnnmlniii licc is ex elusivcly entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches lit the paper credited to it or llit mociaicil Press or ltcuier and ilm the local news published llil em The Barrie Exaniinei claims Copyright in all original adver rising and editorial ioaieriai crgted by its employees and rgoduced in this newspalwr oyright Registration 203815 register 61 151 lim who works in the print iiig industry and Martha 21 receptionist QIARIER FOR HOlSlNG Out of sonic $1300 gross in come monthly they pay 123 per cent for 3oyear mortgage and related costs The $315 is bro ken down into $23719 for inter est $2225 for principal $42 for property taxes $14 30 for Fed eral Housing Administration FHA insurance and $10 for casualty insurance Their 1storey lIIlillltl shakes house on tioby lililyfoot lot has $133 square feet of living space It was built In the early llifuis probably for less than half the $535900 Jim and Martha paid After 81400 llillp£illllll ll left them With $3451 inort They werent as lucky as the hoiiimwiicr who invested in the early 1966s recent study shows the cost of new house has soarth some 150 per cent ill the lwin iiics area in 11 years somewhat higher than the rise in the over all iiational cost of living and prospects are for continued in creases threebedroom rambler with one bathroom single ga rage and 1144 square feet of floor space cost 817950 in 196 and 844950 this year The study draft report by housing advisory committee to the metropolitan council rcc oiiiiiiciids smaller houses on smaller lots and fewer luxuries as ways of curbing costs gage Tm HHVMORE ICIlIEI insurance of per cent is paid through state program liin admits that venturing in to the financial obligations of home ownership poses some problems We ant to get married and have children but in our finan cial situation it would be rough to ha vc her home and not work ing ll probably be in liighei income bracket later and shi car be home The couple found houses in the attractive filinnetonka Lake area too expensive Others lacked sewer or city water hookup So they set their sights on Sittrtiiio ll 840000 lioties closer to the city Its handy neighlxirhood and fairly close to work says Jim and the couple has not re grcitcd the decision to buy rather than rent If prices continue rising the way they have in the last five years the median price for home would be $190000 by 1990 family would have to earn about 95000 year to purchase such house thestudy says Sociologists say the housing challenge is special jolt foi young couples Weve got to nurse people off the notion that the single family detached home is for everybody says Virginia Naglc an associate professor at the lniversity of Minnesota tollcgc of Home Economics The housing study says the number of persons who can air ford to buy new home has steadily dcclinml in the last 10 years and the vast majority of families will be cut out of the market if present trends con tinuc Should not be forced to retire at age 65 VANtOITVIJIt ttfli Society should stop giving cl dcrly people money and help them to work to provide for themselves says Dr arl Iii sdorfer an expert on aging Ir Eisdorfcr chairman of the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at lint vcrsiiy of tashington said cl derly people should be helped to provide for themselves but wclr fare should stopat that People should not be made to retire at agctifi We have the welfare prob Icni because they are cut off from work and then 16 years later we have to pick them up because their resources have dried up he said The reason theyre retired at age 63 is because theyre seen as intellectually hcsottcd and we have the idea that iii tcllcctual ability declines from agell But studies following people over long period of time showed that intelligence changes little and often is re lated to persons health PA RI lCNTA RY TEM Ol Stanley Knowles again will give raise to charity in IlOlGSMALI OIIAWA Itli All Mls get pay raises Jan but one who wont accept his increase is the veteran House leader of the New Iieiiiocratic Party StaiilcyKnowlis The 66 ycarold II for Win nipeg North ciitrc will do as hes done in the past and give his extra 32300 to charity He wont accept any raise until hes fought subsequent clec tion so his constituents know exactly how much their MI will cost Mr Knowles has been elected 11 times first coming to the ommons in 1942 The $2300 raise for MP5 comes on top of $24060 annual salaries and 310600 taxfree ex pense allowances It is auto matic under twoyearold law that gives parliamentarians an nual raises Last year the gov ernment froze the increase as part of SpelltllllflrlCSllalIlt drive Bryce Mackasey former fed eral cabinet minister who ran successfully for the Liberals in the Nov 13 Quebec election de Roger llr Lang Two aunts in Vic ANApassToRY Communications slow can be good BOB Bt WMA lntil the transatlantic cable was completed in 1866 slowness of communications sometimes resulted in tragedy For in stance the peace treaties and ing the American Revolutionary War and flitWar of 19111 were signed in Europe but fighting continued for weeks in North America until the orders to cease fire were received However slowness of coni munications may have proven led some tragedies by giving hothcaded political leaders timcto cool off There was an example in 1661 during the American tivil War northern llnited States wars ship stopped British passenr gcr liner Trent at sea and took off two representatives of the onfedcrate states who were going to be ambassadors in London and Paris Britain nearly declared war which would have been fought in the British North American colonies and rushed troops to the Maritimcs and anada Fortunately cooler hearts prevailed and war was avoided While this was going on in the East Gov Douglas of Van couver Island and British lumbia the nlillllllllltli was try ing to keep the LS from taking over his domain Thousands of American pros pectors were in the area taking linltOl IT OF POVERTY Egyptian children working to help support the family By LISETIE BALIHNY CAIRO tAP At dawn cightyearold Nadia and her brother Fathy hitch don key to cart and start their rounds collecting garbage They are part of Egypts burgeoning childlab0r force Carrying baskets the two climb the stairs of apartment buildings and knock on doors for tenants to bring out their garbage cans which Nadia and Fathy clear out with their han ds It is hard life Fathy said We are seven children and my father works at laun dry shop If we dont help him how can we live According to 1973 United Nations survey Egypt had about 19 million youngstersr roughly 20 per cent of the labor force working to help their families through difficult eco nomic times Egyptian manpower experts scribes his new life as an Oppo sition member of the provincial legislature as little weird The 15year veteran of federal politics hasnt been in political opposition since 1962 when Progressive Con servatives were in power under John Dicfcnbaker Mr Mackasey said his new job as MNA for the Montreal riding of Notre DamedeGrace is taking some getting used to and there are rumors he may quit his seat in year or so to take over as head of Crown corporation say they believe the figure which does not include hun dreds of thousands of children who work in agriculture has exceeded two million this year Children have become an essential part of the economy GETTING WORSE The economic situation is getting worse said Amira Bassouiny of the Arab League Manpower Office Food prices are soaring and penny makes lot of difference for the lower incomc classes Lower income wages range from the Egyptian pound equivalent of $30 to $40 month Egypt has had 30 per cent in flation this year Youngsters aged to 19 work at almost anyjob Thousands of them do not attend school Al though primary education is compulsory the law is not en forced Since it is illegal to hire children of school age they are not listed on the ayroll One finds children squatting outside coppersmith shop hammering designs into pot Others carry trays of teacups from cafe to nearby shops Many spend hours under cars probing for parts to be re paired Still more work as ricklayers assistants PAY MINIMAL Because of the illegality they earn very little Fathy and Nadia put in more than 10 hours work day They never take day off and at the end of the month their boss gives them each the equivalent of$750 Hamdan 10 who lives in the same neighborhood also helps his parents by bringing in extra income have been working for two years he said Last year tried to attend school in the af ternoon but was too tired and almost fell asleep in class So my father advised me to stick to my job as car mechanic ap prentice cousin in Prince George part in the Fraser and Thomp son River gold rushes If Douglas had not been able to prevent clashes between pros pectors and Indians or among the prospectors themselves the US would have sent in troops to protect our nationals The Americans were actually sing ing song that they were going to takeover Britiin Columbia On Dec 28 1861 Douglas sent proposal to Britain that he should use Itoyal Navy squad run and Royal Engineers then stationed in British Columbia to capture the US as far south as theolumbia Itivcr He probably did not know about the Trent incident It took weeks for his proposal to reach Britain and it was rejected Hamdan earns $1250 month and like Fathy and Nadia gives the money to his father keeping just few pennies for candy once in while Hamdan knows how to count and write his name says his father They dont need more learning People like us work with their muscle and have to eat to survive And for that you need money GAPWIIHINING Child labor is byproduct of poverty said sociologist Saad Eddin Ibrahim professor at the American University here Iopulation explosion is hold ing back the advancement of the poor and widening the al ready dangerous gap between them and the rich It is on account of their pov erty that the poor rocrcatc They intend their ildren to grow up to earn few pennies to help them out of their condi tion ut this only digs them further down More and more children are likely to join the work force un less the government makes serious effort to enforce the compulsory education law But there are no great chan ces for that in the immediate future said Ibrahim Unless the economic lot of the masses gets better poverty will force parents to take their children out of school and put them to work Illlllilu TllOllttll And when they had prayed the place was shaken where they were assembled together and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost and they spake the word of God with boldness Acts 31 The infilling is always followed by an out going toria an uncle in Moose Jaw second Pays to do planning now for your 197 vacation By VINCENT EGAN Business and onsumerAffairs Analyst Thomson News Service Want some help in getting through long cold winter One way to elpthetime pass is to start planning now for your summeror spring or fallsv vacation in 1977 Theres another bonus when you start planning well ahead The early bird gets the best choice of accommodation and transportation rates and dates Some people of course feel that planning takes the magic out of travel and that all the funisin being asfreeasa bird Could bebut you might not think so if you have to spend night of your vacation sitting up in some strange railway station because the hotels are full or day lining up for tickets to some popular at traction thai you could have booked in advance The truth is that in todays crowded world of travel the magic may well he in planning followed by the sense of relaxa tion youll have in knowing that your vacation comfort is more or less assured beforehand More or less because as every traveller knows its nec essary to take some chances on the weather the state of your health and human error GETTING THERE Lets break vacation plan ning down into its components and approach them one by one Transportation is basic to any trip whether it be in the family car or on Boeing 747 jumbojet The best way to begin is to look at map or globe Most of us have the wildest miscon ception3 about the actual loca tions of places we have read about but havent yet visited Do some hard thinking about the distances involved If your trip is by car and for great distance ask yourself whether the old clunker will hold up or should you buy new car If the choice is new one youd probably save money by buying it now when the car market is suffering from its Berrys Washington World ©i9bii NIA Inc mmm have an excellent chance for cabinetlevel appointment nobodys ever heard of me in usual wintertime shortage of customers Should you be travelling by air book your flight as early as possible Socalled charter flights and other low promo tional fares tend to be snapped up early especially at popular travel times such as long week ends Of the 1800 seats on ad vance booking charters from the West Coast to London that will be offered next summer by British Airways 300 are booked already BA spokesman said Even the Christmas 1977 sea son is starting to fill up Renting car You may well save money by booking it in conjunction with your flight reservationand you do have to be an early bird usually to reserve the small cars that are the most economical to rent and to drive FINDING ROOM Accommodation is the sec ond key element of the travel package If resort should be your ulti mate travcl destination its wise to book as early as pos sibleArcspecially if you are planning to be there in the high season Unfortunately choosing ho tel in another city or another country can be risky Some guide books simply recommend the most expensive hotels on the grounds that you not the author will be paying If you are booking pack age holidaysuch as the popular London show tour and are faced with wide choice of hotels at various prices its probably prudent to select something other than the lowestpriced category unless you have personal knowledge that the most economical hotels would meet your standards of comfort and cleanliness Some people suggest that the choice of hotel is unimportant because you are never in the room anyway You will be in the room at least onethird of each 24 hours so it does pay to make an early and prudent choicethus keep ing out of the reach of those dreadful dumps that seem to exist chiefly for people who cant be bothered to plan in ad vance THOUGHT FOR FOOD Meals are the third basic ingredient of your trip and your planning On cruise or at resort ho tel they are included in the price and you dont need t0 worryexcept about weight On other kinds of vacations however its necessary to esti gaining mate dollar amount and then provide for it in your budget Restaurants can give you some unpleasant pains in your budget even if you stay away from the fourstar places The price of simple continental breakfast in an Italian hotel is likely to be astronomical and have been charged 80 cents for two glasses of plain water with lunch at restaurant in Gan dria Switzerland Some travellers practise form of selfdcccption telling themselves that they will eat like bird while on vacation In all probability you will work up healthy appetite when you are on the go and its only good planning to budget accordingly SEEING SIGHTS Sigiitseeing is another es sential element You dont travel to London for example just for the fun of sitting up all night in an airplane I1 You do travel to broaden your horizons to see new people and places So read about the places you will be visiting and make list of what you want to see In planning pay special at tention to the hours and days on which the important places are open so that you dont for ex ample arrive at the British Museum just when the doors are closing as once did Cruiseshlp passengers are usually encouraged to buy their shore excursions on board Of ten however its much cheaper for three or four passengers to join forces hire taxi and guide upon disems barking at the port of call and do their sightseeing in dependently In the course of your vacation planning and reading try to pick up some of the myriad other details that can be impor tantwhat areas of what cities to avoid whom to tip and how much what is the customary dinner hour in the country youll be visiting WE WANT YOUR OPINION Letters submitted for publication must be original copies signed by the writer Please include your street ad dress and phone number although they will not be published Letters which can not be authenticated cannot be published or bite in sake of ce and up reserves therigm toedlt demorrejoculetter